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In a world increasingly interconnected and fractious, cross-cultural dialogue about metaphysics matters more than ever. This essential resource introduces us to the multitude of ways philosophers make sense of things.Drawing on China, Japan, the Indic world, Islamic and European thought as well as pre-colonial African and pre-Spanish Meso-American traditions, a team of leading philosophers and historians of ideas bring case studies, texts, themes and thinkers of very different thought worlds into conversation, including such topics as:Spinoza and Wang Bi on substance and changeKukai and Gregory Palamas on essence and energyPhenomenological echoes in the metaphysics of a Tantric systemSufi and Mayan reflection on the human role in constructing the cosmosSenghor and African art as expression of an original philosophy.On the basis of this exceptionally rich and diverse canvas, they reflect on questions of enduring human significance: What is suchness? What do we mean by being, becoming and beyond? What is personhood? How do we name and order our world? How should we live? Crossing cultures, languages and history, the authors’ inclusive approach liberates metaphysics and comparative philosophy from the constraints of traditional Western interpretation.
FOREWORD (Adrian Moore) INTRODUCTION (Stephen Green) PART 1Chapter 1: Philosophising While Reading Texts Across Cultures Alex SamelyChapter 2: Dao and The Way--A Comparative Perspective Xinzhong YaoChapter 3: Generative Harmony: Origins and Becoming in Confucian Metaphysics Chenyang LiChapter 4: The Problem of the Flying Arrow: Comparing Hui Shi and Zeno of Elea Using the Method of Sublation Jana S. RoškerChapter 5: Xunzi and Maimonides: Language, Metaphysics, Governance Nicholas BunninChapter 6: Metaphysics of Normative Values: Metaethical Constructivism and Xunzi Siufu TANG Chapter 7: Spinoza and Wang Bi: Metaphysics of Ethics Nicholas BunninChapter 8: Personhood in Indian Metaphysics: Touch points with Other Traditions Gavin FloodChapter 9: Metaphysics of a Hindu Goddess Tradition and European Phenomenology Gavin FloodChapter 10: Brilliant Darkness: Apophatic Thinking in Early Christian and Indian traditions Ana- Maria Pascal and Diwakar AcharyaChapter 11: Overcoming Negative Theology: Kukai and Palamason Essence and Energy Ana- Maria Pascal and Paulus KaufmannChapter 12: God without Power - Kenosis and Tsimtsum as Two Paradigms of Divine Self- Restriction Agata Bielik-RobsonChapter 13: Philosophy and African Art: Leopold Sedar Senghor and the Philosophy of Emotion and Rhythm Victor Emma-AdamahChapter 14: The Non-Human in African Metaphysics Elvis ImafidonChapter 15: The Divine Names: The Human Role in Construction of the Cosmos in the Maya Popol Vuh and Ibn Arabi’s Fusus al-Hikam Alexus McLeodChapter 16: Philosophy as a Way of Life: Metaphysics, Ethics, and Spiritual Exercises Sajjad RizviPART 2Chapter 1: Suchness Lucia DolceChapter 2: Beyond, Being, and Becoming Agata Bielik-RobsonChapter 3: Persons, Selves, and Metaphysics Ana-Maria Pascal and Gavin FloodChapter 4: Names, Naming, Unnamed, Unnameable Nicholas Bunnin and Sajjad Rizvi FORWARD: CONTINUING TO DOMETAPHYSICS IN A DIVERSE WORLD Stephen GreenLIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINDEX
The erudite, open-minded and thoughtful essays in this volume are a compelling read. They make the case for metaphysics as a way that people make sense of the world, and dialogue within and across different philosophical traditions as the best way to pursue that project.